Category: Africa
Sudan’s Generals Dined With Peace Negotiators. Then Started a War.
New York Times What led the two generals, recently allies, to turn their forces on each other — devastating a country of 45 million people? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/world/africa/sudan-war-army-paramilitary.html
Read MoreThe R.S.F. posts a video showing its fighters outside the presidential palace.
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/africa/the-rsf-posts-a-video-showing-its-fighters-outside-the-presidential-palace.html
Read MoreHere are the latest developments in Sudan.
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/africa/here-are-the-latest-developments-in-sudan.html
Read MoreFighting in Sudan Traps Families as Generals Fail to Keep a Cease-Fire
New York Times Terrified to step outside because of firefights and bands of armed men in the streets, residents remain stuck in their homes with dwindling supplies of food, water and medicine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/africa/sudan-khartoum-ceasefire.html
Read MoreU.S. and European Officials Come Under Attack in Sudan
New York Times The violence against foreign officials, who are usually not targeted, highlighted how much the security situation has worsened in Khartoum in recent days. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/africa/sudan-attack-eu-ambassador-us-diplomats.html
Read MoreWho Are Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces?
New York Times The unit traces its origins from the notorious Janjaweed militias, which in the 2000s helped Sudan’s Army crush a rebellion in the western region of Darfur. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/africa/paramilitary-rsf-explainer.html
Read MoreHospitals and Aid Groups Become Targets as Sudan Fighting Intensifies
New York Times Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/africa/sudan-fighting.html
Read MoreHospitals and Aid Groups Become Targets as Sudan Fighting Intensifies
New York Times Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/africa/sudan-khartoum-fighting.html
Read MorePeering Into Volcanoes at Tanzania’s Crater Highlands
New York Times Uninterested in the extreme altitudes of Kilimanjaro, a writer opted instead to explore the region’s vast calderas, abundant wildlife and rare forms of lava. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/travel/tanzania-crater-highlands.html
Read MoreBattles for Control of Sudan Stretch Into a Third Day
New York Times Nearly 100 people were killed over the weekend in battles between the army and paramilitary forces as the country’s two top generals vied for dominance. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/africa/sudan-fighting-khartoum.html
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